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3 more materials Moscow must respond to the West’s unfounded sanctions pressure, Russian senators told Izvestia. On March 2, the European Union slapped sanctions on the heads of four Russian law enforcement agencies over the Alexey Navalny case. Later, the United States announced sanctions, targeting seven individuals, in addition to blacklisting a number of entities. Besides, Washington also tightened restrictions on exports to Russia. The US also refuses to provide Russia with any loans, guarantees and any assistance, except for humanitarian aid. Political scientists believe that Joe Bide...

As the Biden administration begins to map out its approach to the Middle East, it appears evident that it is no longer possible to simply return to the status quo ante, and that the United States does not possess the dominant leadership role it once had in the region. The various crises affecting the region are interconnected, and attempts to address them should be approached in a comprehensive manner, rather than on a case-by-case basis.

The fate of Canan Kaftancioglu might show just how close Turkey is to becoming an autocracy

Last Updated On: Feb 09 2021 01:55 Gmt+3 United States President Joe Biden and his administration have had sparingly few contacts with their counterparts in Turkey during their first weeks in office and the three months since his election. On Wednesday, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan was the first high-level U.S official to hold contact with Turkey after speaking to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s foreign policy aide Ibrahim Kalın. The two spoke about the litany of issues in U.S-Turkey relations, but there has been a conspicuous lack of similar conversations in other parts of t...

Last Updated On: Jan 22 2021 10:10 Gmt+3 On Friday, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden officially announced a handful of upcoming appointments to key national security positions. The names continue the transition’s theme of selecting experienced former government officials who worked with Biden under former President Barak Obama. The expected appointees signal the incoming administration’s intentions to counter Russian and Iranian actions, but several individuals on the emerging roster of officials are also well known by their counterparts in Ankara. Many possess extensive expertise on Turk...